Trigger's Mk3 Cortina

[cort16]

I dunno if the vinyl painting process is similar to re dyeing leather but it's usually a multi stage process of cleaning, priming and dieing then sealing. Just wanging it on mean will you'll just get a redied arse.

[TagoraSX]

Looking good!

 

I've been looking into this dying business as my dashboard may need some attention. I think you would need to remove the top layer before re-dying.

 

Some video's here, although it might be cheaper to buy a second hand interior from a srappy/banger boy.

 

http://www.volico.de/shop/index.php

[trigger]

As a few of you have asked about my new interior I'll cross post this post over here.

 

Since I've owned the Cortina I've been less then happy with the interior, The Alfa Romeo Momo front seats are ace to seat in but aren't really in keeping with the blue interior of the car and worse of all is the awful painted rear seat which was flaking and tacky and covered in clothes fibers and hairs from the dog.

 

 

This needed to go.

 

Everyday I've been checking ebay and the forums for a new interior but they never come up then last Monday I struck gold, a basic listing on ebay with no photos was posted for a Mk3 interior in blue, Result, the only trouble was it's 200 miles away in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

 

Still, a deal was agreed with the seller and I found myself driving up to the Midlands on Wednesday to collect it, 5 hours later it was home.

 

Todays purchuse by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

O.k, it's not quite right as mine's a facelift XL and this is a pre-facelift 'L' spec but it was in good condition and looked the part.

 

Whilst my interior was out I also decided to refurb my parcel shelf as it had some speaker screw holes in it, I found some newly released blue primer for the top coat.

 

Parcel shelf repaired by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

I was also over the moon to find that I had a set of rear seat belts hidden under the rear seat!, Looking at them I'm guessing they had been installed when new but never finished as the top mounts had never been done up and just left under the seat.

 

 

Anyway short story long after much fiddling about and fabricating of new brackets as the new seats was missing one I managed to get the job finished on Saturday, an improvement I'm sure you'll agree.

 

New interior fitted and finished by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

New interior fitted and finished by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

New interior fitted and finished by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1974 Ford Cortina 2000 XL Mk3 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[skattrd]

Looking good, much better than the Alfa seats, but probably slightly less comfy.

[Split_Pin]

That looks mint now, very evocative!

[eddyramrod]

Back in the day there was a lot of crossover between specs, and even more unofficial upgrading going on. Your car now looks perfectly 1977! Cool as a polar bear's toes.

[retrogeezer]

Sweet as Mike....nice one.

[trigger]

The seats aren't to bad really, It's better then my Kadett was for comfit although it's still not as comfy as the Alfa seats were, It's a much nicer place to be now though.

 

I do have a slight judder to fix now though, when your in traffic and driving very slowly and having to riding the clutch the whole car judders right through, The clutch doesn't slip or anything so i think the donuts shagged on my prop shaft, I'll need to strip that down next and take a look.

[RobT]

That looks a lot better, and the seat belts were a bit of a result

[dollywobbler]

Nice one Trig. I love looking at photos of this car. It just looks so right. Perfect colour.

[Shep Shepherd]

I'm sure that you are feeling much better about the car in general now

[Cavcraft]

That was always a nice car Trig, but you've made it look eleven million times better with those seats. Really is so much easier on the eye now, top work old boy!

[Spiny Norman]

What a fantastic looking car Trig!

That last pic makes it look just like it must have done in 1975, sitting proudly on someone's suburban driveway.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

That's looking so much better - it's become a proper car again. I don't think these have a prop donut - sliding joint into the gearbox and a UJ on the diff. Tired engine mounts and a shitty clutch disc are the main culprits.

[trigger]

Thanks for the praise guys, It honestly means a lot to me, I'm so much happier with it now considering how pissed off i was just a fortnight ago when i posted my strop on the New 24 thread, Funny how things can change so quickly The interior cost me £70 plus the diesel to drive the 300 miles which i don't think was bad.

 

I went for a cross country drive in it on Monday through the Suffolk badlands and it was great fun, It handles pretty well considering it size and age of the bushes and suspension and it goes well too, I get loads of people stop and point as i drive past and smile too, There was a load of people on the green at Grundisburgh who all turned round and watched me drive past, everybody loves a Tina .

 

The Reverend Bluejeans - That's interesting, I thought the way the prop vibrates under the car when I'm slowing down from 70mph would be connected to this juddering issue, could it be oil on the flywheel?, I'm going to have to investigate this as it's a PITA whilst in driving in slow traffic.

[michael1703]

0440888 is the part number for the rubber doodah

 

I might have one in a bag on a shelf, I bought it for the simmer turd but changed the prop to a single

 

They are about a tenner

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

0440888 is the part number for the rubber doodah

 

I might have one in a bag on a shelf, I bought it for the simmer turd but changed the prop to a single

 

They are about a tenner

 

 

 

Aahh, is it a one or two piece prop? I thought Mark 111's had a once piece?* If the centre bearing goes on a two piece they can be a bit nasty.

 

 

 

 

*I could be wrong.